All of them shot upright upon hearing his voice.
That is with certainty.
Every time he sounded with confidence would slouched their shoulders as they sigh in relief.
But this one was different.
"Yes."
Everyone got curious, but before they could ask further, they saw him start his state of meditation.
Ethan patted his only twin at her shoulder, and almost to her back when he remembered the wounds she had.
Good thing enough she didn't flinch, and then went to her head for a pat.
"I'm sorry..."
"It's alright."
Eleanor then leaned away, leering at his clothes with bloodstains ran dry. " What about you? Are you hurt too?"
Her twin shook his head in response. "This was the monster's, I had to wipe the blood from the several tablecloth earlier. Thinking about it makes me nauseous—"
He then covered his mouth, letting out a gag.
She could only rubbed his back; as nauseous as she was, it was not as worse as his.
This time, they could only rely on each other.
When Arlene got the gist of their situation, she plopped down. She too had her knees tremble in fear and gave in this time around. No matter how much she held her tears from rubbing and sniffling, her burst of emotions wreck through.
"I'm happy we are all still together. We will get through this."
Seeing different videos played out on Oscar's phone. There had so many lives lost. Whose lives she never knew.
They might have lost their parents. But right now, she was beyond grateful that they are complete as it was then.
The three of them rallied around her with hugs as tight as they ever could.
Afterwards, Oscar and Eleanor checked their phones for any updates real time. so far, they have watched quite a lot and as Arlene viewed it; they covered their mouths in horror— as though they watched a horror movie, but in real time.
Live clips, recent reports of recent documentaries, a fresh upload of a vlog with contents nothing but something wide of an anomaly ruptured the sky: about several patches.
Arcs of lightning and dust clouds surrounded it with different monsters only found in games spawning out of it.
Fires erupting, planes and cars crashing within site. Buildings crumbled or toppled from different beasts and sizes.
Though all hope isn't lost.
With the same video clip showed of somewhat humans of the sorts; they gained power of the extraordinaire: From jumping several meters, with arms and leaves glowing with strength and might, and down to chants and wave of their arms launching what seemed to be in realm of magic.
These humans or if they are still, as what Ethan thought to himself, would fight against horde of monsters.
All throughout different media outlets captured what transpired, and perhaps changed the way of what seemed the normal life forever.
People might think how it could happen in real life.
Like the movies, it seemed it breathed life and lived with them. How fantastic it would be.Yet right now, it never painted that way.
But to their demise, it only brought chaos at the meantime.
Ethan remembered what Damian said about Arlene. It echoed in his head as strong as his heart beat in passion. He couldn't help but giggle from within, unable to let go the slight grin on his face.
Hope dawned upon humanity.
All of them couldn't help but look at their eldest brother of the family.
Damian meditated for a moment, and a slight surge of air circled around him, making his hair and collar flutter. But not strong enough to perturbed them despite several inches away from him.
Ethan, just like the rest of them, had several thoughts crossed their mind of such possibility.
'I want to be like them— No, I want to be like him... Brother was special since, but when he came back, he... Perhaps, No— Something did change... When he came back—'
Though he wondered something else; his train of thoughts had him put two and two together— rather far-fetched but it's still a possibility.
'It wouldn't hurt if we ask him.'
Ethan couldn't let go of the opportunity.
Earlier, he directly messaged Oscar— seeing how he was in his phone now that safety declared— about the possibility of his awakening.
Arlene and Eleanor noticed them, but couldn't care less despite them going beside them.
[ Sovereign Family 2.0 group chat created. ]
[ Ethan: So brother Dee isn't here... ]
[ Eleanor: What is this even? ]
[ Ethan: STFU, listen, if you don't have any idea. ]
[ Eleanor: *Insert anger emojis*]
[ Oscar: His awakening, like the people in those videos, and gamers like us would say. Sus. ]
[ Ethan: Right. But it's weird, though. You can tell on vids who started, fumbling like a noob.]
[ Arlene: Noob?]
[ Ethan liked Arlene's reply ]
[ Oscar: Look at how brother fought. He was calm and all.]
[ Ethan: Heck! I might be in a panic if I were to face a rabid dog. Regardless if I even use a gun no less!]
[Arlene: I might not know games. But I agree, some get beaten up by monsters but never die easily.]
[ Eleanor: Saw it on video too! But there are others who know how to fight either, like him. ]
[ Oscar: We know that; but think about it. We have been trekking with such safety so far.]
[ Ethan: Right! Like he knew where to go, when to move. ]
[ Arlene: Isn't that the power he had used earlier? Eyes glowing.]
[ Ethan: Could be... But it might be more. This is already straight out from fairy tales.]
[ Eleanor: What are you trying to say?]
[ Ethan: Do you think he's one of this MCs? You know the regressors, the transmigrators, the possessors]
[ Oscar: U FR?! You wish it was the case. ]
[ Arlene: Care to tell me?]
[ Eleanor: Oh! Oh! Sister, I know. Like regressors suggest, they knew the future and came back to past point in life. Then, they use it to their advantage. *Insert smile emojis*]
[ Ethan: Didn't he say we will go back to where we stay, the safest place we could be? ]
[ Eleanor: *Insert nod emojis* and it will take a days even for the detour but we will be.]
[ Arlene: Remember the temporary shelter? He dismissed it. ]
[ Ethan: Right. Why did he insist back then. How do we know that it's still safe, though? ]
[ Oscar: He knows which is safe!]